CompTIA A+ certification

Jan 26, 2008
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In the bunker
I'm studying for the exam. Looking at some of the practice exams, it seems to have a lot of minutial questions, like how many pins on X memory, or which socket fits Y processor. Does the exam really have this much detail? Any words of advice?
 

Some Dude

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Feb 12, 2009
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Wow, I haven't seen an A+ in a long time. It is indeed that detailed, and in my opinion it's all a bunch of seriously outdated bullshit. I've never needed to know how many pins were on a SIMM from 1995 or that "slot-A" fits the first gen Athlon "chip-on-a card" processors. Network+ is a different story though.

Good luck.
 

az_max

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Apr 22, 2005
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Dude, when I took my A+ test, Macintosh OS, DOS and Win 3.1 were on the test. Win95 wasn't even on it yet!
 

robertf

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Jan 22, 2006
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Wow, haven't heard that term in years. Is it still supposed to be the equivalent of a repair tech on the job for 6 months? I think my book had practice exams. Most were about fixing dot matrix printers
 

scottsdalerrc

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May 21, 2009
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what some dude said.

iirc i took my a+(both hard and software), sec+ and net+ back in '06 and yes, many questions went into stupid detail. review the night before, know your ports and basics of connectivity and you'll do fine.